The below table is a list of the 100 largest cities (or municipalities) in Canada. Populations are from the 2001 Census, and include recent amalgamations.

This list includes only the population figures living within a city's municipal boundaries. However, some cities form Census Metropolitan Areas with smaller communities in the same area. For more information, see List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada.

Rank	Municipality	Population in 2001
1	Toronto, Ontario	2,481,494
2	Montreal, Quebec	1,812,723
3	Calgary, Alberta	878,866
4	Ottawa, Ontario	774,610
5	Edmonton, Alberta	666,104
6	Winnipeg, Manitoba	619,544
7	Mississauga, Ontario	612,925
8	Vancouver, British Columbia	545,671
9	Quebec City, Quebec	507,986
10	Hamilton, Ontario	490,268
11	Halifax, Nova Scotia	359,111
12	Longueuil, Quebec	348,091
13	Surrey, British Columbia	347,825
14	Laval, Quebec	343,005
15	London, Ontario	336,539
16	Brampton, Ontario	325,428
17	Gatineau, Quebec	226,696
18	Markham, Ontario	208,615
19	Windsor, Ontario	208,402
20	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	196,811
21	Burnaby, British Columbia	193,954
22	Kitchener, Ontario	190,399
23	Vaughan, Ontario	182,022
24	Regina, Saskatchewan	178,225
25	Richmond, British Columbia	164,345
26	Greater Sudbury, Ontario	155,219
27	Burlington, Ontario	150,836
28	Saguenay, Quebec	148,050
29	Sherbrooke, Quebec	146,689
30	Oakville, Ontario	144,738
31	Oshawa, Ontario	139,051
32	Richmond Hill, Ontario	132,030
33	St. Catharines, Ontario	129,170
34	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec	122,395
35	Levis, Quebec	121,999
36	Abbotsford, British Columbia	115,469
37	Kingston, Ontario	114,195
38	Coquitlam, British Columbia	112,890
39	Cambridge, Ontario	110,372
40	Thunder Bay, Ontario	109,016
41	Chatham-Kent, Ontario	107,341
42	Guelph, Ontario	106,170
43	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia	105,968
44	Barrie, Ontario	103,710
45	Saanich, British Columbia	103,654
46	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	99,192
47	Delta, British Columbia	96,950
48	Kelowna, British Columbia	96,288
49	Whitby, Ontario	87,413
50	Pickering, Ontario	87,139
51	Langley, British Columbia (District Municipality)	86,896
52	Waterloo, Ontario	86,543
53	Brantford, Ontario	86,417
54	North Vancouver, British Columbia (District)	82,310
55	Terrebonne, Quebec	80,531
56	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec	79,600
57	Niagara Falls, Ontario	78,815
58	Kamloops, British Columbia	77,281
59	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	74,566
60	Victoria, British Columbia	74,125
61	Ajax, Ontario	73,753
62	Nanaimo, British Columbia	73,000
63	Prince George, British Columbia	72,406
64	Strathcona County, Alberta	71,986
65	Peterborough, Ontario	71,446
66	Sarnia, Ontario	70,876
67	Clarington, Ontario	69,834
68	Saint John, New Brunswick	69,661
69	Kawartha Lakes, Ontario	69,179
70	Red Deer, Alberta	67,707
71	Lethbridge, Alberta	67,374
72	Newmarket, Ontario	65,788
73	Maple Ridge, British Columbia	63,169
74	Chilliwack, British Columbia	62,927
75	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec	62,418
76	Moncton, New Brunswick	61,046
77	Norfolk, Ontario	60,847
78	New Westminster, British Columbia	54,656
79	Repentigny, Quebec	54,550
80	St. Albert, Alberta	53,081
81	North Bay, Ontario	52,771
82	Shawinigan, Quebec	52,040
83	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia	51,257
84	Medicine Hat, Alberta	51,249
85	Caledon, Ontario	50,595
86	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec	50,394
87	Welland, Ontario	48,402
88	Halton Hills, Ontario	48,184
89	Fredericton, New Brunswick	47,560
90	Kings County, Nova Scotia	47,159
91	Drummondville, Quebec	46,599
92	Belleville, Ontario	45,986
93	Cornwall, Ontario	45,640
94	North Vancouver, British Columbia (City)	44,303
95	Granby, Quebec	44,121
96	Haldimand, Ontario	43,728
97	Timmins, Ontario	43,686
98	Rimouski, Quebec	41,549
99	Wood Buffalo, Alberta	41,466
100	West Vancouver, British Columbia	41,421

• Note these are only city proper populations; suburbs outside city limits are not included.

Source: Statistics Canada